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Unfortunately McAfee is one of the poorer virus programs from what I have heard and personally experienced. It tends to cause a lot of issues with other applications on the computer, tends to "latch on" to the operating system making it difficult to remove, update, change, etc. and also is not...

There can be some impressive performance increases when using a SSD for your primary hard drive. However, there are some drawbacks in Todd's case: 1) If going with a Dell Precision pre-built configuration, then purchasing a SSD and transferring over the operating system and then...

As sightline stated above, for anything dealing with any kind of design work, I would go ONLY with the Dell Precision line on their business side. Higher quality for the same price plus better support hands down. Again, I would HIGHLY recommend keeping away from any additional upgrade options...

Just keep in mind if you do plan to do anything with SSD drives, not all SSDs are equal! There are several that really shine out, and even certain models that are industry leading, and to make them perform the best and last at optimal speed for years does take a little research and set up...

I can guarantee you, 100%, stake my life and business on it, that your Mac is not now or will it ever be virus-free because it's a Mac. The OS X kernel is based on UNIX which has a much smaller market share than Windows. In fact, if you do a little research at all, you'll find that 90% of the...

Several years back when I began messing with RAID configurations, I was very adamant that RAID is the way to go. Whether it is doing a RAID 0 for extra speed or RAID 1 for mirroring data, or even better RAID 10 for speed and redundancy, I recommended it for just about anything to get the best...

The option to start from scratch on an existing computer can be a very viable one so long as you know or have someone else that knows how to properly set it all back up to run as efficiently as possible and can transfer your pertinent files back over properly. However, this does take...

You make a valid claim Fieldcenter, but not for everyone. For 90% of the community that uses tech support from Dell, HP, Acer, or any other major brand out there service is VERY hard to get. After spending hours on the phone with their technical support convincing them that something actually...

For $700 I can build you a computer twice as powerful as anything you'll pick up for Wal-Mart and last you six times longer - guaranteed. Lol, I don't know how many customers I've come across that do this, actually. Do you realize how much you pay over the course of the average lifetime of a...

When it comes down to off-the-shelf computers versus something custom built, it really is in the details. If you have someone who can custom build you a system and understand what difference those details are, you're going to get better performance and possibly better longevity out of your...

lol Adobe Premiere Pro can be quite the undertaking to try and learn by yourself, but since the first day I started using it I've not really considered using any other video production suite out there, it's just top notch. Still, if you're not really looking to do detailed video editing long...

A custom system can be a really good call, but it's very hard to say 100% that "Custom is always the way." Why do I say this when even I always choose custom? Because I know what I'm looking for. There are a LOT of custom computer builders out there who know what they are doing but either...

Bob, you're right this is something that I hadn't really thought of. A great number of spreadsheet users out there don't go into the depth of what is really capable of being done in Excel such as macros and scripting. However, there are many still that do and for them all I can suggest is...

If you want free, this is the way to go. There is also the Google Docs as stated above, which are becoming quite popular. But Open Office will open and work with the Microsoft Office file types just fine.

There's only a couple little details difference that I can really see which give one machine a lead over the other. First with the Vaio F, one thing to consider is while this computer does have a native quad-core processor, it is rather low clock speed. That means there is a big trade-off...

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The screen ratio is often the big difference on a TV, not the resolution. Most of your LCD screens come in a 16:9 aspect ratio, but many TV shows are still sent in 4:3. Of course 4:3 does not = 16:9 so it will skew the image to make it fit on the TV unless you change it in your settings. The...

The main difference between these two ASUS boards is just as you put it, support for CrossFire X/SLI. That's not really a big issue I am imagining for you, though personally for myself if possible I try to opt for the "What If" factor and get the motherboard that supports it just in case it is...

These processors really are quite similar in performance, and I have had great luck using both in multiple computers. The strenghts of the i5-760 processor is that it can automatically overclock to about the same base clock speed of the Phenom II X4 955, but that's only with one thread so it...

Using external hard drives can work great for making backups of your data. however, I will never recommend using an external hard drive as your primary and only saving location for your critical data. I suggest them only for backup! The reason is that most of your pre-assembled external hard...